The birth of a fetus is a long and complex process that continues from pregnancy to the birth of the child. There are many ...

Hitting reset to start a new embryo Date: July 21, 2023 Source: University of California - Davis Summary: Scientists show how a fertilized egg cell, or zygote, hits 'reset' so that the newly ...

Early stage embryos created by IVF. New work reveals the key genes that cause the kickstart development of the embryo. (Getty Images). New work by scientists in the U.S. and China shows how a ...

A synthetic embryo can now be constructed from very early pre-embryonic cells – without the need for an egg or sperm. These were initially created in mice. In April, Chinese researchers created ...

Scientists reprogram embryonic stem cells to expand their potential cell fates Releasing molecular brake gives pluripotent stem cells potential akin to fertilized egg ...

Image caption: A time lapse clip of a common type of abnormal cell division, where an embryo cleaves directly from a single-celled zygote into three (rather than two) cells. The new research shows ...

The fusion of sperm and egg gametes during human fertilization establishes a diploid zygote and initiates a series of cell divisions that result in a multicellular embryo. The blastocyst stage is ...

"We begin life as a one-cell zygote and that cell, ... identified the states of the embryonic cells at 19 stages spanning from day 3.5 in the mouse embryonic development to day 13.5, ...

New work by scientists in the U.S. and China shows how a fertilized egg cell, or zygote, hits ‘reset’ so that the newly formed embryo can develop according to its own genetic program.